BioHackathon 2025

2025-06-10

BioHackathon 2025

CINI Young-InfoLife, RSG-Italy, and Young BITS invite you to the "First International Biohackathon of BITS", an exciting team-based bioinformatics challenge in collaboration with the BITS 2025 conference in Naples and the HPC4AI computing center of the University of Turin.

📅 When? June 10, 2025 – A live hackathon on the eve of BITS 2025 (June 11-13)

đź“Ť Where? Faculty of Biotechnology, Via Tommaso De Amicis, 95, 80131 Naples, Italy

🔎 The challenge: Get ready to dive into single-cell RNA-seq data analysis! The exact theme will be revealed during the in-person event.

đź’» Prepare yourself! Before the competition, there will be preparation live-streamed webinars, with recordings available on the Young-Infolife YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@younginfolife

đź“… Webinar schedule:

  • April 1 at 14:00 Italy time (CET/CEST)– Reproducibility, containerization, and HPC usage
  • April 15 at 14:00 Italy time (CET/CEST)– Single-cell RNA-seq: wet lab protocol and quality control
  • April 29 at 14:00 Italy time (CET/CEST)– Single-cell RNA-seq: computational methods (part 1)
  • May 13 at 14:00 Italy time (CET/CEST)– Single-cell RNA-seq: computational methods (part 2)
  • May 27 at 14:00 Italy time (CET/CEST)– Q&A + spoiler session

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🔥 Are you ready to take on the challenge? Don’t miss the opportunity to work in a team, learn, and have fun with other bioinformatics enthusiasts!

BioHackathon

Speakers: Simone Pernice, Giacomo Baruzzo, Giulia Cesaro, Ramona Palombo, Federica Rossi, Vincenzo Bonnici, Eva Viesi, Simone Avesani, Luca Alessandrì, Sofia Borgato.

Organizers: Luca Alessandrì, Giulia Cesaro, Simone Pernice, Matteo Pallocca, Federica Rossi, Ramona Palombo, Mirko Treccani, Giacomo Baruzzo, Salvatore Calderaro, Eva Viesi, Elena Grassi, Sofia Borgato, Laura Veschetti.

Online streamers: Salvatore Calderaro